Results from the most comprehensive survey of China’s giant panda population reveal that there are nearly 1,600 pandas in the wild, over 40% more animals than previously thought to exist. Gland, ...

The news from China’s Third National Panda Survey is good - there are over 40% more giant pandas in the wild than previously thought. But in addition to gathering valuable new information on panda ...

China's successful giant panda conservation efforts have seen the extinction risk of the species downgraded from endangered to vulnerable in 2016, with the population of giant pandas in the wild ...

"Population assessment is a challenge in wildlife conservation research, especially for forest dwelling animals like giant pandas, which are often difficult to directly observe and count, and can only ...

China Daily feature writer LI XING recently went on a field trip to the nature reserves of Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The first of her reports focuses on the Sichuan section of the third ...

BEIJING - Nestled in the heart of central China’s Sichuan province lies a haven for giant pandas, annually drawing millions of tourists from home and abroad all eager to see these beloved creatures, ...